Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a voice input having first audio features at a client system, generating a text response corresponding to the voice input, wherein the text response is associated with style features, generating an output audio waveform of the text response by a text-to-speech model on the client system, wherein the output audio waveform is generated based on the first audio features and the style features, wherein the output audio waveform comprises second audio features, and rendering the output audio waveform at the client system in response to the voice input.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a voice input from a user and determining a first style of the voice input, based on first features extracted from the voice input. A second style for a voice response having second features may then be determined based on the first style. Finally, the voice response may be generated based on the second features of the second style, and this voice response may be provided in response to the voice input.

Abstract: A social networking system obtains user pronunciations of terms whose pronunciations might vary among different users, such as names of users. The social networking system additionally obtains demographic information about the users from whom the pronunciations were obtained, as well as social graph information for those users, such as information about connections of those users in the social graph. Based on the obtained pronunciations, the demographic information, and the social graph information, the social networking system determines, for a user having that name (or other term in question), one or more suggested pronunciations for the name that are likely to be the pronunciations that that user would use.

Abstract: A social networking system obtains user pronunciations of terms whose pronunciations might vary among different users, such as names of users. The social networking system additionally obtains demographic information about the users from whom the pronunciations were obtained, as well as social graph information for those users, such as information about connections of those users in the social graph. Based on the obtained pronunciations, the demographic information, and the social graph information, the social networking system determines, for a user having that name (or other term in question), one or more suggested pronunciations for the name that are likely to be the pronunciations that that user would use.

Abstract: A once-through steam generator has a vertical flue formed of tubes which are oriented vertically and which are connected in parallel for guiding a flow of flow medium therethrough. The tubes have a surface structure on an inner wall surface which causes flow turbulence and eddy currents in the flow medium. The surface structure includes first and second, mutually superimposed, contrary ribbings. The first ribbing encloses an acute angle with the tube axis, and the second ribbing extends parallel to the tube axis. The first ribbing forms an onflow flank angle with the tube wall which is flatter than a flow-off flank angle. Elevations of the ribbings rise at least 0.7 mm above the tube wall surface. A mass flow density of the medium in the tubes is adjusted as a function of the inner tube diameter, by maintaining the mass flow density below a predetermined limit curve.

Abstract: A once-through stem generator includes a vertical gas flue having a total given height, a bottom, a lower part having a height equal to less than 70% of the total given height, an upper part, and fossil fuel burners disposed on the lower part. The lower and upper parts are formed of gas-tight tube walls with tubes. The tubes of the lower part rise obliquely, while the tubes of the upper part are vertical. The lower part has a lower end limited by the bottom, and the upper part has an upper end limited a partition of the vertical gas flue, by a cross-sectional restriction of the tube walls, or by a lower edge of a heating surface within the vertical gas flue.

Abstract: A chassis for a vehicle with variable undercarriage geometry comprises a cross-frame member extending between and interconnecting undercarriage support beams which are provided with vehicle propulsion means, the cross-frame member including means permitting a change of its length so as to provide for adjustment of the track width of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle with a variable undercarriage geometry has two elongated undercarriage support beams which are pivotally supported at one end at opposite sides of a vehicle body by means of pivot motors connected to the vehicle body and extending into and pivotally supporting the support beams, the pivot motors being operatively connected to the support beams through reduction gear units for pivoting the support beams and drive motors are disposed at the free ends of the support beams and have drive wheels rotatably supported on their housings and operatively connected to the drive motor for the propulsion of the vehicle, both pivot and drive motors being disposed essentially within the outlines of said undercarriages.

Abstract: In order to produce hard solderable metal coatings on a ceramic there is applied to the ceramic base a thin layer of a palladium alloy containing 20-70% of cobalt and/or iron. The coating is preferably applied by vapor deposition or sputtering. The adhesiveness of the coatings is still further improved if there is added to the alloy 3-20% of chromium, manganese and/or titanium.

Abstract: Light metal surfaces, particularly of aluminium, magnesium, titanium, beryllium and their alloys are pretreated before galvanization electroplating in aqueous solution by applying a layer of a palladium alloy with cobalt and/or iron and/or nickel.

Abstract: There is provided a means for measuring resistance for a resistance thermometer consisting of an insulating former as a carrier and a thin platinum layer as resistance material, the carrier for the platinum layer being made of a material having a greater thermal coefficient of expansion than platinum over the range between 0.degree. and 1000.degree. C.

Abstract: There is provided a process of producing a resistance element for a resistance thermometer consisting of a thin platinum layer on an insulating solid as a carrier, by sputtering the platinum layer on the solid in a krypton-oxygen or xenon-oxygen mixture.

Abstract: There is provided a resistance element comprising a cylindrical carrier body, a rectangular bore therein in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a ceramic plate within said bore and securely bound to a flat wall of said carrier body, a thin layer platinum-resistor path with a temperature dependent electrical resistance firmly adhering to the surface of the ceramic plate opposite to that bound to said carrier body, electrical lead wires connected to said resistor path, said lead wires being secured to at least one end of said carrier body by an electrically nonconducting sealing composition and said lead wires passing through said sealing composition to the outside.